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About Statutes

This page accesses the Code of Maryland (Statutes) and the Maryland Municipal Charters and Resolutions
as compiled and maintained by the Department of Legislative Services.

The Code is arranged by and organized into “Articles”
(e.g. Transportation Article), which are further subdivided into “titles”, “subtitles”, “sections”,
“subsections”, “paragraphs”, subparagraphs”, etc.

Note that the “official” compilation of the laws (Chapters) enacted at each
session of the General Assembly is published by the State as the “Laws of Maryland”,
commonly referred to as the “Session Laws”. The Session Laws for each session are compiled
chronologically by chapter number and serve as the source law from which the statutes
accessed here are derived.

While the “Laws of Maryland” (Session Laws) constitute the official laws of the State, this Code
and the annotated versions noted below are accepted as “evidence” of the law in all State courts
and by all public offices and officials (See § 10-201 of the Courts & Judicial
Proceedings Article). However, in the event of a conflict between the Code and the Session Laws,
the Session Laws prevail.

Note: Annotated versions of the Code, published by LexisNexis and West, are available
in book and online formats. These Annotated Codes include references to case law, related
citations, and explanatory notations.

The Municipal Charters are updated each year by incorporating all charter resolutions
received by the Department through May 31 of that year. Individual Municipal Resolutions are published to the General Assembly website as they are received by the Department.

(i) a semiautomatic
centerfire rifle that can accept a detachable magazine and has any
two of the following:

1. a folding stock;

2. a grenade launcher
or flare launcher; or

3. a flash suppressor;

(ii) a semiautomatic
centerfire rifle that has a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept
more than 10 rounds;

(iii) a semiautomatic
centerfire rifle that has an overall length of less than 29 inches;

(iv) a semiautomatic
pistol with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds;

(v) a semiautomatic
shotgun that has a folding stock; or

(vi) a shotgun
with a revolving cylinder.

(2) “Copycat
weapon” does not include an assault long gun or an assault pistol.

(f) “Detachable
magazine” means an ammunition feeding device that can be removed
readily from a firearm without requiring disassembly of the firearm
action or without the use of a tool, including a bullet or cartridge.

(g) “Flash
suppressor” means a device that functions, or is intended to
function, to perceptibly reduce or redirect muzzle flash from the
shooter’s field of vision.

(h) “Licensed
firearms dealer” means a person who holds a dealer’s license
under Title 5, Subtitle 1 of the Public Safety Article.